I find it ironic, the possibility of having a favorite food among millions of food in the world but then, it is possible. It is that one meal you taste and you just keep wanting more. The thing about having a favorite food is that, the food doesn't have to be special but it is unique to the person that likes it. A person's favorite food can be another person's worst meal
Speaking of favorite food, I have always had one above everything else. When I was a kid, My parents, siblings and I lived in a semi urban area around ketu axis in Lagos state. The school we attended was on our street but before we get there, we always pass through a road side food vendor that sells all manner of fried and roasted food. Among the meal she prepares, my favorite was plantain.
My mum usual prepares plantain and egg for us, packaged in our launch box. She was aware I loved plantain but there was something that took her a little bit too long to figure out. Compared to my siblings who would rush through the plantain and egg, chewing it together as it should. In my own case, I will carefully separate the plantain from the egg, I can even give out the egg if I want, but you see the plantain, I always make sure I take my time to devour it.
Compared to others who would use their lunch money to buy sweet and biscuits, I won't. I would wait till after school, by that time, the woman selling fried plantain and some other stuff would have fully settled. I buy it and put it in my lunch box and eat it while doing my assignment. My parents were not against it because they themselves get it for us whenever they are coming back from work and they pass through there.
We also consume plantain a lot because my dad liked it also but not as much as I do. We were close to ketu market, for those who knows ketu market, it is popular for getting all kinds of farm produce. Plantain happens to be the one meal I can eat without worrying about what I'm eating it with. As long as it is plantain, everything goes, it is strange how it is one of the food that can be prepared in different ways. It can be fried, roasted, or boiled. in fact, it can be eaten raw like a fruit.
This write-up was inspired by Indiaunited contest titled "What is your favorite food and why?" in indiaunited community.
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